Heterodox Theory of Social Costs

K. William Kapp (1910-1976) was a German-American economist, one of the founders of Ecological Economics, a leading contributor to the institutional economics movement, and author of "The Social Costs of Business Enterprise."Sebastian Berger is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at the University of the West of England, winner of the 2009 Helen Potter Award (Association for Social Economics), and trustee of the Kapp Foundation.

"Every sentence of this book deserves reading and proves Kapp’s originality, his broad knowledge of the social sciences (including philosophy and anthropology), and his concrete awareness and knowledge of contemporary trends in the economy, society, and environment." - Helge Peukert, Journal of Economic Issues

• 1. Introduction 2. "The Planned Economy and International Trade" 3. Social Costs and Social Returns - A Critical Analysis of the Social Performance of the Unplanned Market Economy 4. Social Costs of Free Enterprise 5. Social Returns: A Critical Analysis of the Social Performance of the Unplanned Market Economy 6. Towards a New Science of Political Economy 7. Social Costs and Social Benefits - A Contribution to Normative Economics 8. Discussion Between Professor Shibata and Professor Kapp by The Economist 9. Towards a Normative Approach to Developmental and Environmental Planning and Decision-Making 10. Should the Development Process Itself be Seen as Representing a Kind of Economic System in Newly Developing Economies Today? 11. Environmental Control and the Market Mechanism 12. Energy and Environment: Inadequacy of Present Science and Technology Policies 13. The Future of Economics